Honey

Used in 8 recipes on RecipeWiki.

Honey is the thick syrup bees make from flower nectar. Its flavour runs from mild and floral to dark and almost malty, depending on the flowers. The recipes here use runny honey; one listing allows honey or jam to serve. It sweetens Creamy Oat Porridge and binds the oats in Toasted Honey Granola, and it gives Medovik, the layered Russian honey cake, its name and its caramel flavour when cooked with butter and sugar. It browns quickly in the oven, so watch anything glazed with it. If a jar crystallises, stand it in warm water to loosen it rather than throwing it away.

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Recipes with honey

Creamy Oat Porridge — shot from directly overhead: rolled oats cooked in milk and water and stirred throughout

Creamy Oat Porridge

Rolled oats cooked in milk and water and stirred throughout, which draws out the starch that separates creamy from watery.

30 minutesBreakfastBritish

Crunchy Cabbage Slaw — shot from directly overhead: shredded cabbage salted and drained for an hour first

Crunchy Cabbage Slaw

Shredded cabbage salted and drained for an hour first, so the mustard dressing stays thick instead of thinning to a puddle.

1 hr 20 minServes 6

AmericanLeafy greensSide dishes

Everyday Vinaigrette — shot from directly overhead: a mustard-emulsified dressing built on three parts oil to one part acid

Everyday Vinaigrette

A mustard-emulsified dressing built on three parts oil to one part acid, a ratio worth memorising so you never need the recipe again.

15 minutes30 minutesBasics

Medovik — shot from directly overhead: honey layer cake of thin baked discs

Medovik

Honey layer cake of thin baked discs, filled with soured cream and left overnight until the layers soften into cake.

10 hr 40 minServes 12

DessertsRussianVegetarian

Oladyi — shot from directly overhead: small thick pancakes raised with kefir and bicarbonate of soda

Oladyi

Small thick pancakes raised with kefir and bicarbonate of soda, fried in a shallow film of oil until the edges set crisp.

BreakfastRussianVegetarian

Pryaniki — shot from directly overhead, the table surface filling the frame

Pryaniki

Spiced honey biscuits with a soft crumb and a thin white sugar glaze that dries to a matt shell as they cool.

1 hr 45 minServes 24

DessertsRussianVegetarian

Smetannik — shot from directly overhead, the table surface filling the frame

Smetannik

Soft honey-scented sponge layers stacked with a whipped soured cream filling and left overnight to soften.

9 hr 35 minServes 12

DessertsRussianVegetarian

Toasted Honey Granola — shot from directly overhead: an oat and almond granola bound with honey and baked in a slab

Toasted Honey Granola

An oat and almond granola bound with honey and baked in a slab, so it breaks into proper clusters rather than loose dust.

1 hr 35 minServes 10

AmericanBreakfastVegetarian